Thyroid

[Madhouse]

Hi I have had under active thyroid for many years.I have started regular exercise and have found every day after my whole body aches....I am also a vegitarian and was wandering if any one could give advise regarding vitamins which may help and if the symptoms after the exercise is experienced by other??u

[shaws Administrator]

First of all you have to ask your doctor to check your thyroid hormones, TSH, T4, T3, Free T4 and Free T3 and thyroid antibodies. Vitamin B12, Vit D, iron, ferritin and folate.

For the thyroid the blood test should be the earliest possible, fasting (you can drink water). If you were on thyroid hormone replacement you would have to allow 24 hours gap between last dose and the test and take afterwards.

Get a copy/print-out of your results, with the ranges and post them on a new post for comments.

Tick off your symptoms and give GP a copy:

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

[VixUK]

I've found that magnesium helps when I do exercise. I definitely feel a difference when I don't take it.

[greygoose]

Your T3 is more than likely too low for exercise. And, exercise uses up your T3 at an alarming rate. And, being hypo, you cannot replace it easily, so you have no T3 to help you recover after the exercise. That's why you feel bad. Do as shaws says, and get your FT4 and FT3 tested, find out how well you're converting. Could be that you need to take some T3 with your levo.

[Glynisrose]

Exercise uses up precious T3 and if you don't convert well then you will have problems.

[BadHare]

Try a soak in a bath with >500g of epsom salts after you've exercised, to top up your magnesium levels. Make sure your iron & other mineral & vitamin levels are good.

I'm vegetarian too, aside from taking NDT. If I know I'm going to be active, I take a little more T3 that morning than usual.

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